Technology Holding, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A14-015
Technology Holding, LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $563,150
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A14-015
- Solicitation
- 2014.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- UT
- Period
- 2015-09-29 → 2016-09-28
Description
Spider silk is one of the strongest yet still elastic natural materials to be formed into fibers. The ability to utilize these proteins in next generation clothing and cordage represents a leap forward in textile technology. Unfortunately the farming of spiders necessary to generate natural fibers is difficult and costly. As a result the expression of the proteins from other hosts is warranted. This proposal aims to increase the concentration and purity of spider silk proteins able to be isolated from a scale-able host, E. coli. This will allow for the production of a renewable fiber resource rivaling and exceeding the current crop of chemically synthesized textile polymers.